{"id":24761,"date":"2025-11-01T01:16:14","date_gmt":"2025-11-01T01:16:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/24761\/"},"modified":"2025-11-01T01:16:14","modified_gmt":"2025-11-01T01:16:14","slug":"nyc-halloween-parade-2025-route-theme-timing-and-street-closures-you-need-to-know-us-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/24761\/","title":{"rendered":"NYC Halloween Parade 2025: Route, Theme, Timing, And Street Closures You Need to Know | US News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The night will also feature the annual \u201cThriller NYC\u201d performance, with hundreds of zombies dancing to Michael Jackson\u2019s classic track.<\/p>\n

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Manhattan\u2019s most dazzling street spectacle \u2014 the Village Halloween Parade \u2014 is back for its 52nd year on Friday night, bringing thousands of costumed New Yorkers and visitors to the heart of Greenwich Village. This year\u2019s theme, \u201cPotluck!\u201d, embodies a spirit of community sharing and creative diversity, according to parade organisers. \u201cIt\u2019s about everyone bringing something to the table \u2014 art, costume, food, or joy \u2014 and creating something bigger together,\u201d said parade director Jeanne Fleming, who has led the event since 1985.<\/p>\n

The 2025 Grand Marshal will be City Harvest, a nonprofit dedicated to fighting food insecurity by rescuing fresh produce and delivering it free to New Yorkers in need. \u201cCity Harvest perfectly represents this year\u2019s theme,\u201d organisers wrote on the parade website. \u201cThey\u2019ve been nourishing this city for decades \u2014 rescuing, feeding, and sustaining communities.\u201d<\/p>\n

When and Where: Parade Timing, Route, and Participation<\/p>\n

The parade will begin promptly at 7:00 PM, starting from Canal Street and Sixth Avenue before heading north along Sixth Avenue to 15th Street. Costumed participants are invited to line up beginning 6:30 PM at Canal and Sixth Avenue, with no pre-registration required.<\/p>\n

Last year, city officials estimated over 65,000 participants and 1.5 million spectators attended \u2014 numbers that could climb higher this year, with mild weather forecast and the event falling on a Friday night.<\/p>\n

For those unable to attend in person, the parade will be broadcast live on NY1 and PIX11, and streamed on the official Village Halloween Parade website.<\/p>\n

Street Closures and Traffic Advisory<\/p>\n

The NYPD has announced significant street closures and traffic restrictions in Lower Manhattan during the parade hours. The following roads will be closed or partially restricted at the discretion of law enforcement:<\/p>\n

Sixth Avenue (Avenue of the Americas) between Canal Street and 16th StreetAdjacent cross streets from Hudson Street to BroadwaySpring, Broome, Prince, Houston, and Bleecker Streets may also experience rolling closures<\/p>\n

Spectators are advised to use public transport, as nearby subway stations \u2014 Spring St., Houston St., W. 4th, and 14th St. \u2014 will remain open but are expected to be crowded. The MTA will run additional evening service on select lines to accommodate large crowds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The night will also feature the annual \u201cThriller NYC\u201d performance, with hundreds of zombies dancing to Michael Jackson\u2019s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":24762,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[15931,15930,15935,15924,9256,15929,15918,2519,9422,15934,15926,359,141,9,56,63,15916,15922,15919,65,64,15928,15925,15917,13124,15932,15933,15923,15920,11338,15927,58,15921,13746,15915],"class_list":["post-24761","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-bleecker-streets","tag-broadwayspring","tag-broome","tag-canal","tag-canal-street","tag-city-harvest","tag-city-harvest-grand-marshal","tag-greenwich-village","tag-houston","tag-houston-st","tag-jeanne-fleming","tag-lower-manhattan","tag-mta","tag-new-york","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-nyc-halloween-parade-route","tag-nyc-halloween-security","tag-nyc-halloween-street-closures","tag-nyc-headlines","tag-nyc-news","tag-participationthe","tag-potluck","tag-potluck-theme-parade","tag-prince","tag-route","tag-spring-st","tag-street-closures","tag-thriller-nyc-performance","tag-times-now","tag-traffic-advisorythe-nypd","tag-us-news","tag-village-halloween-costumes","tag-village-halloween-parade","tag-village-halloween-parade-2025"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24761","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24761"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24761\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24762"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24761"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24761"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24761"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}